...Hallyu began roughly 12 years ago when the rest of Asia discovered Korean soap operas. One of the breakthrough dramas was a series 'Winter Sonata' starring Choi Ji-woo & Bae Young-Joon. After that, more Korean dramas saw their way to foreign shores and Korean films and music started to follow suit. Korean marketing people started to see a Korea-centric trend. They dubbed this flow "The Korean Wave" or Hallyu....

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Actor Oh Ji Ho was recently appointed as the honorary Korean language ambassador for the , located in the Yongsan district in Seoul.

Oh expressed his honour of the post saying it's always been his childhood dream to become a Korean language teacher. He promised to work had with the previously appointed Korean language ambassadors to make a difference. One such fellow ambassador is the producer of the popular Korean animation character Ppororo, "Kim Il-ho.

The reason for Oh's appointment was because he's a popular actor with a lot of interest in the Korean language.